2013 has been the year of smart TVs going mainstream in China, thanks to Chinese web companies putting their familiar names to new smart TV OSes. WeChat, the popular messaging app, doesn’t want to be left out.

Startup phone-maker Xiaomi has emphasised that it’s an e-commerce and services company more so than a mere gadget maker. And so it’s important to the company that its Android skin and ecosystem, called MIUI, is pulling in real money from its tens of millions of users.

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